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Thank You For Loving Me

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Format
  
CD single

Genre
  
Pop rock, soft rock

Label
  
Island

Recorded
  
1999

Length
  
5:11

Released
  
November 16, 2000 (2000-11-16)

"Thank You for Loving Me" is a song by Bon Jovi. Written by Jon Bon Jovi and Diane Warren, it was released in 2000 as the third single from their Grammy-nominated album Crush. Bryan Adams also did a version of this song in 2003.

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Background and writing

In an interview on Top of the Pops 2, Jon revealed the title of the song was inspired by actor Brad Pitt's character in the film Meet Joe Black.

Content

The song is a love ballad in the style of previous Bon Jovi hit singles such as "Always" and "Bed of Roses".

Music video

The music video was directed by Wayne Isham was filmed in Rome, Italy at the Trevi Fountain.

Track listing

UK release
  1. "Thank You for Loving Me"
  2. "Just Older (Live)"
  3. "Born to Be My Baby (Live)
Australian release
  1. "Thank You for Loving Me"
  2. "Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars" (Live)
  3. "Born to Be My Baby" (Live)
  4. "I'll Be There for You" (Live)
  5. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (Live)

Chart performance

The song peaked at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on the top 40 mainstream, and also reached the top 40 in many other countries including the UK (#12), Belgium (#17), Germany (#25) and Australia (#34). It topped the singles charts in Argentina in February 2001.

References

Thank You For Loving Me Wikipedia